Buffalo is in for sure. In back of my mind, I always wonder about shady business in these situations. MAC commissioner would surely LOVE two teams in NCAAs.
The other SMALL conference teams that rate as likely/possible At-Large teams from historically one-bid leagues:
* Wofford
* Lipscomb
* MurraySt. Murray's rating may be a tad low, but they'd love to showcase this rising star Morant.
St. Mary's went 27-5 last year and didn't get in. Same shit is going to happen to Buffalo with this NET crap if they don't win the conference tournament.
Mid Major's stand zero chance to get an at large bid these days.
Going on memory ...Five teams with 8-10 conference records made the tournament last season.
St. Mary's went 27-5 last year and didn't get in. Same shit is going to happen to Buffalo with this NET crap if they don't win the conference tournament.
Mid Major's stand zero chance to get an at large bid these days.
I can't see the Southern Conference getting 2 at large teams in the tournament.
Because there are teams like this every year and rarely get a sniff at-large. They just don’t play the schedule a 17-12 big conference plays in the selection committee’s mind. I don’t agree with it, but they have been consistent. St Mary’s had a few very good teams that couldn’t beat Gongaga and didn’t get selected.Uh.. why ?
If wofford loses in the tourney, they are still going to be in. There NET is 26, they have 8 road wins and they are 6-4 vs quad 1 and 2 teams... no bad losses at all. They are a lock.
They are currently projected as a 9 seed on bracket matrix.
If they lose the tourney, they will still be in. So there’s a good chance there is 2 teams.
Furman has a NET of 44...Out of there 5 losses, 4 are in quad 1– one bad loss (Samford).. the big villanova road win helps, and they are on fire right now. It’s a longshot, but if they beat wofford on sturday for a 2nd quad 1 win, and then lose to Etsu or uncg in the tourney, they could be selected as an at large
The one thing both have to do is avoid bad losses to end the season: wofford has @chattanooga and @samford to end the year.. And furman has the same schedule.
I’m still pissed about furmans one bad loss. They played Samford at home.. I needed the ML to finish a big parlay. They were down all game... went on a huge run and took a 10 pt lead with 3:45 left, and then Samford finished the game on a 14-2 run, including a 3 with 5 secs left to win by 2. In the last 20 seconds, furman missed 2 FTs and a big turnover when they were up 1 with 12 secs left when they couldn’t get the ball in. It was such an anomaly compared to the rest of the year.
I can't see the Southern Conference getting 2 at large teams in the tournament.
Teams like Buffalo and Wofford would make great fades in their conference tourney. All of the pressure is on them. Possibly reffing can go against them as conferences would love to get that 2nd team ($$$).
Because there are teams like this every year and rarely get a sniff at-large. They just don’t play the schedule a 17-12 big conference plays in the selection committee’s mind. I don’t agree with it, but they have been consistent. St Mary’s had a few very good teams that couldn’t beat Gongaga and didn’t get selected.
Indiana had a great opportunity last night, let it slip away. they are still alive though. they were smarter this year, along with some other big ten schools who scheduled some good ooc games.
Indiana played Marquette (W), Duke (L), Louisville (W), Butler (W)
Let's hope Buffalo doesn't emulate Middle Tennessee State's 2018 end schedule losing their last reg season
game at home and exiting in first tournament match resulting in a snub. State's RPI registered the lowest
ever for a committee snub. I'm sure it facilitated Kermit Davis saying fuck it with mid-majors bolting to a Power 5 conference.
Moral of the story....BUF has to make it to MAC Final imo.
IMO, Buffalo is a lock. What the committee will do is under seed them or give them a rough matchup to ensure what happened last year, won't happen this year.
The new conf-usa schedule is innovative. I expect more mid majors to adopt this next year
The new conf-usa schedule is innovative. I expect more mid majors to adopt this next year
Just any middling power conference team then. It happens every year. Power conference teams play themselves out of the tourney, while mid majors have to play themselves into the tourney.Indiana is not getting hot lol. Why is everyone so enamored with them and Nebraska this year? Indiana has lost 11 out of 12...Nebraska has won 4 out of 14 in 2019.
What really hurts the mid majors is the elimination of the bracket-buster weekend. These teams haven’t played a meaningful game in seven weeks (by big dance standards). The more conference games they play, the schedule gets weaker. Let’s say an IU gets hot, they are beating teams that mid majors don’t face.
Espn dumped it a couple of years ago.Did NCAA get rid of Bracket Buster weekend? That was a great concept. Several bubble teams could use one more win vs top50 opponent.
What? They’ve lost 11 out of 12. They have no chance at all. They have a NET of 55.. they have a 13-13 record, and 5-13 vs quad 1 and 2. They are done... they might not even make the NIT at this point. Oh ya.. 2-8 road record.